The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-01-01
A WEST TENNESSEE 30 .sl.
A Real Estate and Immigration Com
pany for tennessee, Arkansas
and Mississippi.

Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas
to encourage immigration and bring
the lands Of West Tennessee, Missls>
sippi and Arkansas into market and
make them command the plice which
they deserve. Either land or money
will be taken as stock in the company.
IT land is taken as stock It will only
lie taken ata cash valuation.
Il is the object with the money SUBJ
scribed to purchase land at a cash
price and then improve it by putting
il under good fence and sowing it
in clover or some of the valuable
grasses.
The company will divide their land
into trrcls of 40, 80 and 100 acres
and sell these tracts to acIuaI settlers,
who wish to cultivate them. These
tracts will be sold upon very reasona'
BILE terms, giving the purchasers time
in which to make the pay ment.
The object will he to sell the land
in Such bodies that colonies of immi-
grants can buy and settle themselves
so as to have society, schools aud
churches to suit themselves,
Some of the leading land owners of
West Tennessee will he in this COM
pany. 1t will not only pay them well
directly, but will make the land which
they retain much more valuable and
cause it to command a much higher
price than it now does.
HOW TO SECURE IMMIGRATION.
In order to secure immigration We
must have class Of small farmers,
who cultivate their own land, and
who do not depend upon hired labor,
exec Ut in time Of harvest or when
they are making preparations for next
years crop.
The secret of the greater produc-
tiveneSs and Of the increased wealth
If the northern and northwestern
states is the presence Of tins class OF
farmers, who, Notwithstanding the
Disadvantages Of the climate under
which they labor, make their country
very productive and very desirable
As general rule men cultivate bet
ter and take better care Of their ON
land than they do that which they
occupy as mere renters, or cultivate
as hired laborers. I'm our own state
'nI even in West Tennessee the coun
ties which have the most small far
mers who are land owners and wht
raise their own supplies are the mos
prosperous and suffer least from thC
"hard times.
1t appears from the Comptroller
report that there were in West Zen
nessee 1856, 400 acres of hand an,
80 400 voters, If each Of these vo
tiers should cultivate fifteen acres u
land, 'he amount in cultivation woulr
he 1921 600; this taken from {. $50,
400 would leave 5,405 400; if Their
3 shoul he double the number Of voter
they would cultivate 2, 1852 600 acres
this taken from The whole a,noun
would leave 4,l24 400 acres not i
cultivation.
What would he the result Of TIL
, increase vi lahorefs? Olrproductlor
would he trebIed, and our wealt
would he doubled.
The Object Of HE Immigration Ii
Dor and Real Estate Association is /
, bnng into The cQuntry small farmer
who can and will buy land and cult
vate it themselves--men VINO hi "
J some moneyand much energy and skill
We have now considerable numne
t of farmers Of this description, and III
desire is to increase them,
As mere hired lahorels the hlac
J man is, when vel attended to, euu,
if not superior to any other in tn
country, but as l"ndowiers,. cultivs
ting HE soil which helongs To then
no race is equal to the white rae.
and it is this class which we now Il,
sire to hrlng into West Tennessee.
MAKE YOUR COUNTRY ATTRACTIVE
In order To secure immigration Va
must make YOUR country. atlracliy
= and agreeable as we'll rs pruh,ahI,
d You must have ynur winter puslur,
4 OF rye hndharIey and orchard grass
p aud your snmmtr,pasturps Of cioyt
bermuda grass md other valuuu
grasses.
! You must keep herds of catll
t droVes of horses and fl ,c4s of sheer
A Men must feel when they come he,